Near Charlotte and Clifton Aves. Nashville, TN Circa pre-1845. 2 story, 13-room brick The home had been built earlier by Samuel Watkins (1794-1880). Watkins was a businessman and in his will made a bequest of money and land to found Watkins Institute. Washington Bogart Cooper (1802-1888) and Ann Litton Cooper (1806-1892) purchased the home and land from Nathaniel A. McNairy in 1845 which sat near the current Charlotte and Clifton Aves (current 507 20th Ave. North). The Coope

3021 Lealand Lane Nashville, TN Circa 1843. 2-story white clapboard home in Greek Revival style Photo by Www.78 Sunnyside/ Lee Monte/...

Cedar Hill was built by George Washington Campbell (1769-1848) and Harriet Stoddert Campbell (1788-1848) in 1843. Harriet was the...

Springside was built on former Lockeland property in the 1840s by Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley (1814-1885) and Eliza Trimble Lindsley...

9th Ave. S. (present 167 Rosa Parks BL) Nashville, TN Circa 1840s. 3-story red brick Italianate townhouse Photo by Andrew Jameson The...

2900 Greenwood Nashville, TN Circa 1840s. Pontotoc along with Wyatt Hall had consistent Methodist Church ownership and ties. The first owner was Dr. Albert Henry (A.H.) Redford (1818-1884). Dr. Redford was a Methodist minister and chronicler of Methodist Church history. It was bought by Joseph Horton Fall (1848-1925) and Margaret Evans Fall (1851-1911) by the late 1870s. They married in 1873. He owned a prosperous hardware business. The Fall family had moved by 1885 to Sevent

Franklin PK and South Douglas Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1840 Belle Vue (View), built in 1840 by Robert Woods, was located at the...

Near 5101 Charlotte Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1846. (William) Byrd Douglas (1815-1882) grew up on his family estate, Farmwell, in Virginia. He met and married Martha Rebecca (Beverly) Bright (1819-1848) in Virginia in 1839. Nine years after their marriage, in 1848, they moved to Middle Tennessee and into their Richland Grove home with 375 acres near 5101 Charlotte Ave. It had been built two years earlier in 1846. Their land was primarily on the southern side of Charlotte Ave.

Photo by Cleveland Hall HOA Cleveland Hall has remained in the Donelson family from the start. The mansion has been part of the Donelson/...

2615 Franklin Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1836. The Barrow’s Melrose Mansion overlooked the southern end of what became the Melrose area of Franklin Rd. At the site today stands the Melrose Kroger and assorted small businesses. The Barrow’s estate stretched across the south Nashville countryside. Melrose was built in 1836 across from G. W. Cooper’s Mount Alban. Alexander Barrow (1808-1846), Nashville lawyer, U.S. Senator and planter from Louisiana, was the first owner with his se

4200 Delaware Ave. Nashville, TN Circa by 1835. 2-story Italianate home Dr. Peyton Henderson Robertson (1787-1840) married Ellen Mordant...

Current address 3831 Whites Creek Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1835.2-story weatherboard house James Yarbrough (1804-1861) and Margaret “Peggy” Coffman Yarbrough bought 7 acres on Whites Creek Pike in 1827. They had married in 1823. In 1834, they got 89 acres more. In 1842, he was elected magistrate of the Twenty-first District and served 2 terms. In a decade, by 1845, Whites Creek Turnpike was constructed. In 1860, the family had 330 acres. By James’ death, he left $50,000 to hi

William Caldwell built this home at (the current 3210) Avenal Ave near the Glencliff area from 1797-1808. It was on a 140 acre land grant. The same year it was completed, the home was sold to Congressman Dr. William Dickson (1770-1816) and Polly Gray Dickson with 391 acres. William and Polly wed in 1802. His second wife was Susannah Hickman Dickson. Dr. Dickson practiced medicine prior to congressional service. Rep. Dickson served in the Tennessee House of Representatives fro

Was 215 Craighead Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1803. Originally 2-story brick Georgian mansion Peach Blossom was built by Capt. Joseph Erwin...

2250 Lebanon Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1832. 2.5 story Greek Revival mansion Belair / Belle Air was built on a grant of 1,000 acres from...

Charlotte Ave. and Hill Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1831. Settling on the southwestern outskirts of Nashville, Brent Spence (1796-1868) and Elizabeth Shute Spence (1799-?)(m.1824) built Casa Loma in 1831 on the crest of the hill south of the Cumberland River - just west of the present-day Richland Hills Apartments. Elizabeth’s father, John Shute, gave the couple about 300 acres. Elizabeth’s sister was Susannah Shute Harding of Belle Meade Plantation. Casa Loma was built in Greek

Was near current 2300 Eighth Ave. South (old Middle Franklin Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1830s. 2-story Greek Revival style mansion Woodstock (2) was built in the 1830s by brothers, Joseph Woods (1779-1859) and Robert Woods. It was located near Middle Franklin Rd. (now near 2300 8th Ave. South at the intersection of Cathey and White Aves.). It was a 2 story Greek Revival mansion with several porticos and stretched out about 3,500 acres between Franklin and Nolensville Pikes. Jos

Vaucluse was built in 1825 in what became known as Hadley Bend by Dr. John “Dr. Jack” Livingston Hadley (1788-1870) and Amelia Hadley...

1015 Davidson Dr. Nashville, TN Circa 1825. 3-story Italianate style home The home was on Davidson Dr. at the corner of Charlotte Ave. Samuel B. Davidson, Sr. (1802-1873) purchased 327 acres and soon after bought more land from neighbor Lewis Joslin. Samuel was a soldier under Andrew Jackson in the Seminole War (1817). In 1825, he married Hannah Pugh (1804-1886). When the Davidson County Court was organized in 1835, he was named a justice of the peace for the Twelfth District

Was located on Franklin PK (near 2615 Franklin PK) near Kirkwood Ave. Circa 1822. 2-story white brick Greek Revival home Mount Alban/...